Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jonah Nahum
Micah 1
Concise Complete
The wrath of God against Israel. (1-7) Also against
Jerusalem and other cities, Their precautions vain. (8-16)
Verses 1-7 The earth
is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the prophet. God's holy
temple will not protect false professors. Neither men of high degree, as the
mountains, nor men of low degree, as the valleys, can secure themselves or the
land from the judgments of God. If sin be found in God's people he will not
spare them; and their sins are most provoking to him, for they are most
reproaching. When we feel the smart of sin, it behoves us to seek what is the
sin we smart for. Persons and places most exalted, are most exposed to spiritual
diseases. The vices of leaders and rulers shall be surely and sorely punished.
The punishment answers the sin. What they gave to idols, never shall prosper,
nor do them any good. What is got by one lust, is wasted on another.
Verses 8-16 The
prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath.
Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's
Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as mourners used to do; let every house in
Jerusalem become a house of Aphrah, "a house of dust." When God makes the house
dust it becomes us to humble ourselves to the dust under his mighty hand. Many
places should share this mourning. The names have meanings which pointed out the
miseries coming upon them; thereby to awaken the people to a holy fear of Divine
wrath. All refuges but Christ, must be refuges of lies to those who trust in
them; other heirs will succeed to every inheritance but that of heaven; and all
glory will be turned into shame, except that honour which cometh from God only.
Sinners may now disregard their neighbours' sufferings, yet their turn to be
punished will some come.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jonah Nahum
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
